Since I have you on ignore I don't know the content but I can guess based on the title...the Celtics only repeated once ('68 & '69)......still I have to believe the "Eight Peat" has to put them over the top....it's a shame Russell was injured during the '58 Finals....we would've had a "Ten Peat"......what a franchise huh...?

Excellent thread LakerNation32 - Maybe the Celtics will not have to wait for back to back championships as long as the red sox waited for a single championship, although they are alsmot half way there already. How pathetic is that.

Excellent thread LakerNation32 - Maybe the Celtics will not have to wait for back to back championships as long as the red sox waited for a single championship, although they are alsmot half way there already. How pathetic is that.Posted by koberulz

I find it amazing that the acclaimed no#2 franchise in basketball, the boston celtics, can't go back to back. Oh well, who really cares!

I feel your pain guys. I have it too. being a laker fan being the second best franchise in basketball. having a league with only 9 teams and not even being able to win during those years because of the celtics owenrship of us is tough.

We still have the second most rings. We still have a piddly 3-peat. Nothing like what Russel did but still good.

.....yeah, the five titles the Mikan Lakers won count in the eyes of those fans....yet how funny is it when the same fans claim that the Celtic titles were won in a bush league?....talk about hypocrisy!!!.....all of our championships....won in the modern (shot clock) era.....almost one third of the Laker titles.....won in a time where any team that wanted to stall an entire quarter could do so....there is a reason that type of basketball (if you want to call it that) was done away with....even college ball followed suit....all 17 titles were won the way they play basketball today....and in a smaller league....the Lakers could not get past the Celts on their quest for the holy grail....not even once....

Duke must be doing it tough changing between worthless and himself. As mentioned, only those with back to backs in the NBA of today (more than 9 teams, free agency, 3pt shots, extended playoffs and 82 game season can apply!)

In June 2010 after Game 7 of the NBA Finals - Doc "cry me a" Rivers provided a window into what he had seen, and I am sure it matched what was being felt back in Boston after such a riveting, intense game had not gone the Celtics' way. "Well, there's a lot of crying in our locker room, a lot of people who care. I don't think there was a dry eye," Rivers said. "A lot of hugs, a lot of people feeling awful. That's a good thing, it means everybody cared."

What kind of franchise has a bunch of crybabies on it? Certainly not an elite franchise. Just sayin'

Boston goes back to back when the Clips win their first. Which is more likely? Clips in a canter!Posted by Laker-Nation32

Excellent point, I will also go with the Clippers as the Celtics are just now 3 seasons into their championship drought and over 40 years into the back to back drought. I cannot help but laugh everytime I type "over 40 years".